Problem getting sound through NVIDIA

[dsbytes]

I recently purchased a Dell Optiplex system with an NVIDIA card and just connected my speakers to the HDMI monitor. I can boot the computer in either Windows 10 or MX Linux.

In Win 10 the speakers work, but they don't in the Linux boot. My system configuration is as follows:

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Snapshot created on: 20240402_1505
System:
  Kernel: 6.7.11-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.7-17~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1 BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.7.11-1-liquorix-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.2_KDE_x64 Libretto
    January 21 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 7050 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0XHGV1 v: A01 serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: Dell v: 1.27.0
    date: 09/18/2023
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-7500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake gen: core 7 level: v3
    note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9
    microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
    L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3696 high: 3734 min/max: 800/3401 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 3734 2: 3678 3: 3689 4: 3686 bogomips: 27199
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nouveau v: kernel
    alternate: nvidia_current_drm,nvidia_current non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03)
    arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:21c4 class-ID: 0300 temp: 31.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.65x15.00") s-diag: 777mm (30.58")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Lenovo LEN G32qc-10 serial: <filter> built: 2021
    res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 698x392mm (27.48x15.43") diag: 801mm (31.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: NV168 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.7.11-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
    chip-ID: 8086:15e3 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek 802.11ac NIC type: USB driver: rtw_8821cu bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 0bda:c811
    class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.1 sub-v: 89
    hci-v: 5.1 rev: 89
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:9 sco-mtu: 255:4 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: f020 bus-ID: 00:17.0
    chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.87 TiB used: 81.02 GiB (2.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P3SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: P9CR313 temp: 32.9 C scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingfast model: N/A size: 238.47 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 5A0 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Hitachi model: HUS724030ALE641 size: 2.73 TiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A5F0
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 111.78 GiB size: 109.47 GiB (97.93%) used: 26.49 GiB (24.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 819.73 GiB size: 805.79 GiB (98.30%) used: 13.95 GiB (1.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 6 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 31.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 1254
Repos:
  Packages: 2723 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2713 libs: 1515 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 10
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
  Processes: 353 Uptime: 41m wakeups: 0 Memory: 62.7 GiB used: 3.01 GiB (4.8%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

I have tried switching to the NVIDIA card via the alsamixer but that had no effect. Can anyone offer some guidance? Thanks in advance.

John

[Charlie Brown]

Just to make it clear: The sound is ok with others, right? (speakers/headphones etc..)

Have you tried to install nvidia driver? ( "Nvidia Driver Installer" in menu)


P.S. If you haven't: Disable "Fast Startup" on Windows. (Cause it keeps devices engaged for it doesn't really shutdown).

[Germ]

From Google:

Search for and open Control Panel using the search feature.
Choose View by: Category, then select Hardware and Sound.
Select Power Options.
Select Choose what the power buttons do.
Click Change settings that are currently unavailable.
Check or uncheck turn on fast startup to enable or disable the feature.

[dsbytes]

The NVIDIA driver is already installed. I guess the Liquorix kernel recognized the card and installed the driver for me? Not sure. But when I went to install the driver I got this message:

nvidia driver already installed.

I will disable "Fast Startup" on Windows.

[dsbytes]

Just to make it clear: The sound is ok with others, right? (speakers/headphones etc..)

I can hear a faint sound coming out of the computer's onboard speakers when playing a YouTube video for instance.

[django013]

open context menu from speaker symbol of taskbar (right mouse button) and select 'configure audio'
Select different playback device (currently 'line-out' might be selected), i.e. nvidia hdmi or something like that

[Charlie Brown]

The NVIDIA driver is already installed. ... got this message:

nvidia driver already installed.

But:

Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] ... driver: nouveau v: kernel
...
Display: ... driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
...
API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: NV168

[dsbytes]

The NVIDIA driver is already installed. ... got this message:

nvidia driver already installed.

But:

Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] ... driver: nouveau v: kernel
...
Display: ... driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
...
API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: NV168

Thanks. I admit I don't understand this. System info is telling me the driver is not installed, but when I go to install it, I get a message that it is?

[Stevo]

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Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nouveau v: kernel
    alternate: nvidia_current_drm,nvidia_current non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03)
    arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s

The Liquorix kernel does not install the Nvidia driver, especially the 530.xx version we see that is not even in any of our repos. You have not blacklisted the nouveau driver either, and that may be at the heart of the matter.

First thing is to determine how these things got on your system. Does anyone else have access to it?

https://packages.debian.org/search?keyw ... ection=all

[dsbytes]

First thing is to determine how these things got on your system. Does anyone else have access to it?

https://packages.debian.org/search?keyw ... ection=all

Thanks Stevo and others. I'm the only user of the system. No one else has access. I am a novice linux user and recently purchased this (refurbished) Optiplex for learning purposes. The computer came with a relatively recent vintage NVIDIA card and I am trying to get it working properly with an appropriate driver. I want to learn something about the CUDA language and programming of the GPUs. I am not sure what documentation to refer to, to successfully switch from the driver that's currently installed to the NVIDIA driver that will allow me to do CUDA programming. From your post it looks like I need to blacklist the nouveau driver. I will look into how to do that.

The thing that confused me was that I got this message when running the Nvidia driver installer from MX Tools:

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Distribution:   MX

Latest  = 525.147.05
Detected NVIDIA GPUs:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] [10de:21c4] (rev a1)

Checking card:  NVIDIA Corporation TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] (rev a1)
Your card is supported by the nvidia tesla 470 drivers series. nvidia-tesla-470-driver
Your card is supported by the nvidia 525.147.05 drivers series. nvidia-driver

It is recommended to install the following:
INSTALL:  nvidia-driver

To install alternate driver packages, use sudo ddm-mx -i nvidia -f [driver package name]


Candidate is: nvidia-driver 525.147.05-7~deb12u1
Installed is: nvidia-driver 525.147.05-7~deb12u1



Candidate is: nvidia-driver 525.147.05-7~deb12u1
Installed is: nvidia-driver 525.147.05-7~deb12u1


Candidate is: nvidia-driver 525.147.05-7~deb12u1
Installed is: nvidia-driver 525.147.05-7~deb12u1


Candidate is: nvidia-driver 525.147.05-7~deb12u1
Installed is: nvidia-driver 525.147.05-7~deb12u1

nvidia driver already installed

Overall the system is running great and I am achieving my goal of learning. I installed the Liquorix kernel a few days ago and it resolved an issue I had with screen lock ups. I have not had one lock up since starting to use Liquorix, so I am assuming that is what I need on this system.